Ethics Debate Topics

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• "The title of the debate is "Animals ARE sentient, can feel pain, and suffer."Meaning, there can never be a 100% chance to know for sure whether animals ARE sentient, and can feel pain and suffering. i win" DebatyDebateMasterIf I have the burden to prove that there is a 100%…
• "Pain, sentience, and suffering are concepts created solely by human perception. By definition, they cannot apply to animals." DebatyDebateMasterThanks for accepting. A good bluff, but I'll call you on it. This would have worked before the invention of the scientific method.…

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• I wanted to take advantage of this last round to express my gratitude to my opponent who has struck up a very interesting topic and full of input for thought. Reflections put forward by my opponent are full of references to laws and religious theories of individual who most…
• Secondly, I would like to provide some numbers in order to precisely identify how great the problem related to insufficient number of donors is. At the same time, I would like to point out the mortality rate for people listed (/waiting) for organ transplantation. Every day in…

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• sure people steal for the dollars, but there are those who 'desire' adventure a thrill people steal to have this thrill you may know them as 'gentleman thieves' who steal not for the money but for the adventure something they desired and achieved, the stolen goods are given…
• the way that you are currently viewing 'stealing' is in a negative sense e.g. drugs and money for ones own benefit. but if we did it to help people or the community in a positive way things would be achieved and the results aren't so negative. its better to take action than…

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• "Pro just doesn't offer any links between having a smaller brain at birth than in adulthood with providing inalienable rights. He just says that they are similar thus they should have rights. " Con Humans have been given inalienable rights. Pro has proven elephants are very…
• Elephants should have certain inalienable rights because they are sentient and have nearly the intelligence of humans. Claim 1: elephant brains are similar to humans. Warrant:" Interestingly, the growth and development of the elephant's brain is similar to that of mans. Both…

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• Con seems to attribute to me the opinion that behaviour slected for is "good". It is not objectively good or bad and could be judged to be either or neither depending your point of view. We already agree there ultimately is no good or evil. Similarly, these behaviours and…
• Morals is not separate from instinct. This is not confusion on my part, but actually a field of study with increasing validity. Search for evolution of morality or similar terms to find a wealth of information on the subject.The capacity for having moral feelings is biological…

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• Your opponent does want to add something, thank you for continuing the debate. Have you no heart? It is that kind of thinking that starts wars. For example, take when Spain and Britain conquered the Americas. They pretty much considered the Native Americans animals, and…
• Sure we can leave them behind, if you don't want any more burgers or pepperoni/sausage pizza. Animals play an important role in our diet, and I don't think people want to be stuck eating bread and fruit all the time. Or what about pets? The wolves and cougars out in the wild…

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• I would like to point out that in the comments of this particular debate, I have stated that I will be following UIL LD format. If the Con does not follow this form, he presents no ground for me. Even if he is unsure about the format, or how to debate in this style, he has…
• Con claims that this is a debate that will "constitute an automatic defeat for [me]. " However, I would like to negate this immediately. And prove that this is not a voting issue. If a resolution was brought up that would be impossible to win, there would be no need to debate…

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• I firmly believe in egalitarianism and liberty. I wish to debate somebody who believes that some people are inferior or superior. I will debate the opposite.
• I believe that all of us are equal in our humanity. We may be inferior or superior in some respects, such as the ability to do something. However, we all have capactiy for greatness. We all are part of the human race and it is idiotic to think of one as inferior or inferior.…

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• Clones will be expensive at first, yes. But the use of clones will open up many more job opportunities. The cost of the ability to make clones is outweighed by the technological advancements that will come out of the clones. Clones will provide humanity ways to counteract many…
• You say that cloning what was once natural goes against nature, but then suggest the manipulation of our genes to make the perfect humans as an alternative? Cloning, although the DNA of the clone is not naturat, comes from a point in time when the base of the cloning was…

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• Defintions Better: Having good qualities in a greater degree than another moral: an ethical motive: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong I will start with placing a case now 1)Utilitarianism is a bad system of ethics Accoridng to the utilitarian principle, the correct…
• Rally it should be a Philopshical debate. Anyways I will take to the pro side saying that Deontology is better. The con side will say that util is better We will post cases in round 2 Refute/extend cases rest of rounds Um, that's basically it. I hope for a challenging and…

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• Animals are living creatures, and just like us they feel pain, and suffering. if they are always loyal to us then why do they not deserve the same rights that we have
• Thank you for the prompt reply from my opponent. I am led to believe that my opponent does not quite understand where I am coming from. 1. My opponent assumed that when I said that animals should have the same rights, that I meant all the same rights. But it is obvious there…

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• Explain how it violates the Constitution.
• My Opponent can make an argument in the opening round, or just acept it doesn't matter to me. We are supposed to be debating the merits of the people in the two house, please no loophole exploitation (if a loophole exists)We are permitted to ask eachother questions at the end…

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• Animals are being abused all over the world. A few days ago, a gorilla got shot for "attacking" a child. But when we eat a cow, you don't see anyone killing us. We have an unfair advantage. If one person becomes vegetarian, that wont help. Many people should become vegetarian.…

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• brief road-map: this round is exclusively for voters and the summation of the debate. no new arguments or contentions will be brought up. I will only rebuild my case as well as address the preceding statements of the Negation. defense: value-Utilitarianism. It is not a…
• Good luck in the following rounds. Foremost, allow me to address the inquiry regarding my Value of Utilitarianism. It is based on the defin ition presented by John Stuart Mill, a disciple of the inventor of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham. Rebuttal: Value- Human Rights. While I…

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• i will allow my opponent to begin!!

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• On my opponent's case1. I fully respect the majority rule in a democratic society. The issue here is if we were going to allow majority rule(of the population, not voters here) to be the deciding factor in a debate, then a person would only need a public poll from Gallup to win…
• On my opponent's case1. This is an ad populum fallacy. Because people support it does not mean it is desirable. We are debating the validity of animal rights, not democracy.3. People who participate in animal cruelty may very well be exhibiting psychological issues. However,…

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• Animals have feelings which we need to realize.
• I. A California man accused of fatally slamming his wife's Chihuahua against a wall during a domestic dispute could be sentenced to life in prison, according to authorities. Bud Wally Ruiz gave the 6-week-old puppy, Teddy, to his wife for Mother's Day. His wife called police…

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• A soldier is defending a nation against a threat. Medea's children are no threat to Jason or to her. They are a reminder that she has failed. They remind her she wasn't good enough for Jason and that he used her for her magic. She feels used and rejected and she refuses to me…
• While she was betrayed by her husband and has every right to be angry with him there is no liable reason for her to murder her children. Her children are innocent in this how ordeal and do not deserve to be punished because of their fathers betrayal. She states that she know…

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• " Is it immorally wrong for a predator to hunt and kill it's prey? That's the only way it will eat. " - Animals don't have an established irrigation system so it would be impossible for them to adapt a vegetarian/vegan diet. "If humans eating animals are wrong then is animals…
• Con can go first, Prove to me why in a 1st world country with access to all the major food groups that we need to kill and eat animals.

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• Extend.
• == Dog is man's best friend == We should criminalize the production & consumption of dog meat because dogs have a special place in our society. We have collectively elevated the canine genus to a semi-anthropomorphic "pet" status, thereby justifying exclusive legal protections…

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• Thank you for posting your argument.I have many reasons that can support by why vegetables are good. 1. You'll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets are more healthful than the average American diet, particularly in preventing, treating or reversing heart disease and reducing the…
• I accept.

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• I also enjoy debating political points but this issue of ethics also interest me very much. In reference to your points: You said: "Animals eat as they are designed to do". I disagree. It's not the design so much that forces them to eat the food they eat. It's their lack of…
• Eating Meat is Unethical!I will stick to only one argument in this debate and focus on one angle. I will present many more arguments in the future to describe why humans don't need to eat animal flesh to survive. I am a perfect example of it. Meat eaters argue: We have canine…

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• Animals should not be kept in zoos. A zoo is the equivalent of a prison. Imagine being imprisoned for no reason whatsoever. Humans and animals deserve freedom. Animals are just as important as humans. Zoos such as tweedle have been careless and thoughtless. In 2010, a CAPS…
• Animals are in this world. We are all equal. We all live in one world. We should respect each other. There is no point in proving it because if you had a brain you should work it out for yourself thus if you think humans are more important than the inoccent animals then you…

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• If animals are kept in cages they will not learn any life skills. Animals are usually hand-fed when they"re in cages. If they are let out into the wild, what will they do? There is no one to feed them. They will not know how to hunt for food so then they will starve and die.…
• If animals are kept in cages they will not have enough space to exercise. This is cruel because they cannot stay fit which will lead to them being so unhealthy and sick. Space is a big issue! It can lead to animals dying. We must stop animals being kept in cages!

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• Monkeys have inherent values, the same as humans, so they should have rights similar to humans. No where in the world is it legal to kill another human being. Monkeys and humans are similar in DNA by 98%, if that does not prove my case I do not know what will. Blacks and white…
• Monkeys are not humans but do have many if not all the characteristics that classify a human as Homo sapiens. So. You are agreeing with me that monkeys are like children. Ok, going along with this assumption you cannot then continue to say that they are not like humans, because…

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• Dog meat is different to human meat. Dog meat opposers say humans and dogs had been friends, but half right, half wrong. There was dog meat cuisine for thousands of year in asia. According to the result of the researching, cows are smarter than dogs. So, I know that the word…
• Dog beat shold not be banned. because this is their culture. Skinning, beating, boiling alive is not needed. Dogs being friends or food is depended on where they go. However, stealing pet dogs and abandoded dogs should be illegal.

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• Hello again. Sorry for taking so long with the response. I had some errands to run.---THE SUMMARY---Con points out the following:1. Animals and humans both enjoy more space.2. The poor living conditions in zoos results in some animal deaths.3. Emulating the exact natural…
• Hello, ldellova. Thanks for accepting the challenge. Sorry about the typo in the title. When I said "ethnics," I meant "ethics": I had misheard the word in science class.Anyway, on to the arguments.---ARGUMENTS---ANIMAL SAFETYAuthor Stephen Budiansky points out that captivity…

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• My adversary earlier stated the fact that cows are bred to eat, and this increases methane. If nobody ate meat, the cow population would soar, therefore contributing to a warmer planet. Also, it was mentioned earlier that these cows are killed solely to provide meat for fast…
• I think that eating meat is perfectly ethical. It is something that humans have done for years and years, and other animals have done it as well for a very long time. Life has always been survival of the fittest, and even with easier ways to obtain a wide variety of food, where…

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• :: CASE REBUTTAL :: We both agree that the agent should kill the one to save the three under the basis of necessity; however, Con's point is that the agent will receive a moral stain for doing so. I may or may not disagree. The point here is not whether the agent will receive a…
• :: RE: TOPICAL OBSERVATIONS :: 1. My opponent suggests that morality is normative. That is in fact his opinion - not a fact. However since I hastily chose to agree upon all provided definitions (I should've known there would be a catch -- that's what you get for valuing actual…

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• Man my computers been on the fritz and I haven't been able to track how much time was left on my debates there's no way I would forfeit this debate. To makeup for the accidental and unwanted forfeit of round two I'll just argue points from both two and three. Round two: You…
• First off I would like to thank lhsdebate for making this debate and second I must state that I am taking the position of devil's advocate and the views and comments stated in this debate do not represent who I really am. Now that that's done with to the issues!!!!!!!!! First I…

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• First of all, I would like to point out the great example of slippery slopes. However, how do you know that animal rights activists won't allow it unless all animals have "rights"? Are birds and fish as intelligent as cetaceans? Are they endangered? There is no need to give…
• First of all, I will explain to you why cetaceans are so unique. It is proved that cetaceans can understand grammar. For example, if a trainer of a whale said whale, ball, trainer, the whale would get the ball, and go to the trainer. But if you say trainer and then ball, the…

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• "You said that morality is timeless. It is not. Your contention was established as false, and then conceded by you in this statement." Morality does sometimes change, I can't argue with that. Unless of course objective morality exists, though I do not personally think it does.…
• My examples of moral and practical arguments were just examples; I was not implying that they were sound arguments. "Why are you debating something when you don't feel strongly about either side? It makes for a weaker debate." A debater should be able to argue equally strongly…

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• My opponent's forfeiting of the round, whether it be intentional or not, leaves no more time for rebuttaling as we will now both deliver our closing statements.In conclusion, I believe I have presented an innumerous amount of facts and information that support my Pro stance on…
• Life:"This is not currently the case and may not be so for decades."Con appears to think that I said replacing factory-farmed meat with in-vitro will occur overnight. That is incorrect. It will indeed take time, and there will be a period where FF meat is competing with IV meat…

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• My opponent states that. "Morality does indeed concern itself with right conduct. Conduct is not a matter of social interaction, however," [1] However quoted from her very own source for the definition of conduct we see, "3 : a mode or standard of personal behavior especially…
• My opponent argues that, Unfortunately simply because a belief is widespread does not make it morally wrong. The logic simply doesn't follow. Condemnation of incest, after all, is "nigh-universal", despite there being nothing morally wrong about it inherently and reproduction…

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• Its doesnt work when resources are short that i will conceed, You make a very good point, Thein its every man for himself, But thats the point, We functioned that way for years out of scarce resources, In our society they are no longer, And that is why we now have them as…
• if you are able bodied you have a respsibility to take care of yourself as well as you canas long as you are trying we can give you helpbut what about the old the kids those in wheel chairs the feeble minded? society has a duty to care for everyone falling by the way side

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• 1) This resolution's wording was carefully chosen. I don't have to prove that eating meat is always unethical, only that it is not ethical on balance. This means is that if I am able to maintain that more-often-than-not, eating meat is not ethical, I win. Nothing is inherently…
• In this debate I will maintain that, on balance, eating meat is not ethical. My burden shall not be to prove that vegan, vegetarian, or any other diet is ethical; this debate is only about the ethics of eating meat. 1) Excessive consumption is never ethical Consuming things…

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• Thank you, Anayansi, for this debate. QuotesCon states: "Aristotle and Kant portray happiness as a goal, not as a permanent state." I am not talking about a permanent state. I've stressed repeatedly that we are talking about degrees of happiness: some things make you happier…
• Let me begin by rejecting Con's definition of happiness because it limits it to today's standards. A genetically enriched emotional palette may assume textures conceptually unimaginable to us. I will go through Con's response to my case first, and close with my response to…

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• Well first I'd like to start off by saying good luck to my opponent and I hope we have a good debate! Resolved: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person in order to save the lives of multiple other innocent people. I agree with the resolution for the following…
• ok well the GED comment just has to say that you should probably use the spell check option more often... anyways, after reading my opponents arguments, all he said was that it was PERMISSIBLE not "permissable" to kill many people save one life... he claims that all humans…

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• And thank you for your argument con, the reason I am brining this up is because of how the animals are brought up, treated and then killed. I don't think it would be very pleasant to get shot in the head and then hung upside down to let the blood flow to you head so u get…
• Yes lions are allowed to eat other animals, how else are they going to live, they can't excalty go to Coles and buy fresh zebra?

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• What Con is saying then that one would have to accept things based on what isn't said which would go against logical reasoning. John is now taking the absence of any utterance as a statement of "No she is not cheating on me," This would be faulty mainly because the same thing…
• You are most likely correct about your first statement that it changing the definition would be invalid. I would like to make it apparent that yes, you were correct and I forfeit from that original argument because I now see that it was invalid. Con defines the term "Deceive"…

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• Factors motivating publication of the cartoons
• Violent reactions to the cartoons could have been predicted and should have been avoided

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• Yes, In fact they do have a right to reserve their body for other uses, If it didn't want to donate its organs it shouldn't happen. All of my points still stand.
• 1. Murderers. Yes, Murderers do deserve rights. The should be allowed to reserve the right to a quick and speedy trial, And to help himself get out of jail, No matter what he did, He can reserve this right. Once he gets out of jail, He should be allowed to have his previous…

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• Sorry again for missing my last round, I will address your newest round first and then move back. Contention 1- "Competing in beauty pageants can lead to the desperation of the contestants to win. This can lead to unsportsman-like conduct and cheating. " By this same logic,…
• First I am a bit confused of what you are actually arguing. The core of your argument seems to be that beauty pagents are bad, but are you saying that being in a beauty pageant is not a positive experience for a young girl as a whole, are you saying that beauty pageants should…

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• In the United States, dogs are viewed as family and have a special role in many lives. Most people would find the idea of consuming a dog (as one would eat cow or chicken) repugnant. In certain parts of China, people buy dogs to eat (let me be clear that I am not generalizing…

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• My opponent first started with the example of the holocaust. I have already stated that it is the snitch's decision. They can make the decision if they want to turn in the Jews or not. In the case of the holocaust the people were brainwashed into thinking Jews were bad. You…
• What the police are able to do is make places safer. Smoking weed is illegal and is thus a crime so the police should be told. As for something as simple as running a red light people can always be left with a warning such as if the car was very close to the light but it still…

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• will do lol!
• honestly i read the debate wrong and i just wanna surrender cause i don't wanna do it...

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• Okay np!
• I am not sure exactly what you mean but hopefully it will let you respond next round!

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• I affirm and value Morality. I advocate the metaethical theory of naturalism which says that moral facts are empirical facts and ethics must be grounded in the laws of nature. This is justified because: First: basic laws of physic confirm that only ethics cannot arise out of…
• Resolved: A just society ought to presume consent for organ procurement from the deceased.This is an LD debate. All LD cases are acceptable.The round structure will go like this:First Round: Acceptance.Second Round: Aff Case, Neg case and rebuttalsThird Round: Aff rebuttals,…

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• Thank you for reading.
• Please, carry my arguments.

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• Defense 1 - Morality A - God Commands it How can my opponent completely dismiss this argument? I find it absurd that my opponent thinks that this argument is useless since less than 2/7 of the world don't believe in God. It is clear that the majority of people in the world…
• Morality I will provide you with an argument that will convince an amoralist or egoist that she should be moral. Alas, no such argument has yet been found, although great philosophers have tried, and I will sketch some attempts. By moral I take it that you mean acting for the…